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Hehe. See what I mean? You tend to see these three together. But wow... I sure would love to see more images of these three together. And also, smiling Eri is <3! So happy that she finally opens up to the others and started smiling so much.

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"Yes!"

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The three initial members! Anyway just full of awesomeness...

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"nico nico nico~"

I know some of these have already been posted again but... it's to refresh people's memory.

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Yes it was something I had hoped at the beginning of the anime, so fingers crossed for the other PV is in the anime too, because now it is a possible thing I think ... if there are episodes with the following event: "summer / beach", "Christmas / new year", "valentine's day", "travel by flying"

Anyone like me who have seen PV it will know relates corresponds to each PV song. so hoping hoping !!

Definitely. Now I can't wait for all the "remakes" of the PVs as well as more new awesome ones.

The characters and story in this show have all been really good so far, but once again, I must talk about the editing. Whoever's producing this show gets the language of film. See the phone sequence. It showed with the background music and editing this week. The entire episode felt like a large scale symphony, beginning with the opening number and building to the first song that wasn't newly written for the show which, now with some context behind it, felt even more powerful than when it first appeared a year or two ago. The whole episode felt like a less dramatic (read: not worse) episode of TARI TARI, though there are still some episodes left to go. The issue of A-RISE and the titular Love Live still remain, as well as if the school will stay open (my bets are that it will. Power to the underdogs!), but if this was the finale, I can say that I'd be satisfied with closing the story here.

I must talk about the editing. Whoever's producing this show gets the language of film. See the phone sequence.

That's one of the strengths of this particular anime since episode 1 I feel. They somehow just get how to show everything relevant RIGHT without dragging out anything or showing something pointless. I've referred to the editing once as "snappy", and this is especially true of the comedy sequences. That phonecall you mentioned is also another use of good editing, allowing them to show the reactions of all the girls equally without it looking bad.

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Hehe. See what I mean? You tend to see these three together. But wow... I sure would love to see more images of these three together. And also, smiling Eri is <3! So happy that she finally opens up to the others and started smiling so much.

The characters and story in this show have all been really good so far, but once again, I must talk about the editing. Whoever's producing this show gets the language of film.

Agreed. This show has considerable editorial and directorial talent behind it. It has just about perfect pacing. No opportunity is missed when it comes to maximizing emotional impact. But it almost never feels overdone because of the finesse and sophistication that is clear with the delivery of most key scenes. And the narrative never feels to me like its dragging its feet too much. This episode is particularly strong in these ways with respect to how Eri's character is handled.

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The whole episode felt like a less dramatic (read: not worse) episode of TARI TARI, though there are still some episodes left to go.

I'm not sure why this episode felt less dramatic to you than a random episode of Tari Tari. Most Tari Tari episodes weren't as dramatic as this episode was, imo. Most of Eri's scenes in this episode were simply loaded with great drama. This episode really did a lot for her character. I think it hit the perfect notes in resolving her antagonism towards Muse, while carefully hinting at what caused it.

A big part of what makes Love Live! such a spirit-soaring spectacular show is how it perfectly synthesizes moe with drama. I can count on one hand the number of shows that synthesizes those two elements as well as Love Live! does. The most recent of them is Saki.

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The issue of A-RISE and the titular Love Live still remain, as well as if the school will stay open (my bets are that it will. Power to the underdogs!), but if this was the finale, I can say that I'd be satisfied with closing the story here.

I definitely disagree here. This episode is wonderful setup that deserves to lead into at least a good, solid climax. It would be very lame if this wonderful setup was itself a finale. Such a thing would be the ultimate tease, and quite dissatisfying, imo.

But thankfully, there's more episodes to go, so this wonderful setup is simply that: The perfect lead-in to the completed Muse rising up to (hopefully) achieve the goals it had from the very beginning.